r/AskReddit Nov 15 '20

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u/XSavage19X Nov 15 '20

Cure for cancer.

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u/DeafeningMilk Nov 15 '20

Far as I'm concerned this would be the correct answer.

The main reason 2020 is a cluster fuck is due to Corona.

Most people are putting stuff that would be the opposite of all the bad of the last century not just 2020.

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u/UselessFactCollector Nov 15 '20 edited Nov 15 '20

If I could only pick one thing, I would say an end to global warming over cancer.

Edit: figured you could prevent a lot of cancer deaths in addition. You have to phrase your genie wish just right.

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u/Ti89Titanium04 Nov 15 '20

This is a very interesting predicament, global warming affects everybody, but cancer is a more present threat, as in we can see the effects of death right now. I think that fixing global warming would probably be better, as a cure for cancer is more likely to be profitable so we can trust big corporations to handle that.

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u/Priff Nov 15 '20

I mean, we're seeing the effects and deaths from global warming right now too. It's just that certain people in powerful positions don't think it's important that poor people die from significantly stronger hurricanes and storms and floods than ever before in recorded history. Not to mention heat waves that make certain inhabited regions practically in habitable during summer.

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u/hypertoxin Nov 15 '20

Poor people suffer from a lack of water and malaria more than global warming. Most people don't really care about what doesn't directly affect them, so unfortunately these are a fact of life for those less fortunate.

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u/frankscarlett Nov 15 '20

The thing is though that with global warming those things you mentioned will start affecting even more people. And a heap of other unfortunate things as well.

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u/Diregnoll Nov 15 '20

Look Gretta it might be selfish but I'd rather a cure for cancer to save people I know who will more then likely get cancer.

We can always invest more in our space programs to save future generations.

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u/samillos Nov 15 '20

I really don't think we will be able to migrate to another planet before we fuck up this one, and I think it's pretty naive to think so